What is WD Security?

WD Security is software application developed by Western Digital Technologies, Inc.. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 48.92% of installations running this operating system. WD Security's installer is typically 13.00 MB in size and installs around 34 files. The most common release is 1.0.3.3 with 23.54% of all installations currently using this version.

WD Security is most popular in the United States with 57.77% of installations residing in this country.

WD Security adds 3 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

About WD Security?

The WD Drive Utilities and WD Security software are included in the WD Drive Utilities and WD Security zip files, and are designed to install customized Western Digital software for WD USB and FireWire-enabled external hard drives. These tools enable users to manage and secure their external hard drives with ease and convenience.

Software Behaviors

Scheduled tasks:
  • WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{F7D1A8DB-D19A-4AE9-9370-B0E7FCB28B2D}' (runs on registration).
  • WDSecurity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{06277855-69FF-4D51-8517-90D82E27106A}' (runs on registration).
  • WDDriveSecurity.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{D51EF795-C380-4FBF-A78D-88BAAEE6AFEA}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:
  • WDDriveAutoUnlock.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named WD Drive Unlocker_Reg_HKLMWow6432Run.

Software Details

URL:
https://support.wdc.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Security\
Uninstaller:
MsiExec.exe /X{83270912-15C7-4336-822E-E8F1B1BBCA60}
Size:
13.00 MB
Language:
English

WD Security Executable Details

Primary executable:
WDDriveSecurity.exe
Name:
WD Security
Path:
C:\Program Files\Western Digital\WD Security\WDDriveSecurity.exe
MD5:
48f3d8ab2a8562dd7a51af60d1c7c7be
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by WD Security
File Type Filename MD5
DLL
7bc0c4052f67bbb5c99bccc9be2d4c1a
EXE
30ba4db3cb0d987efde855a114792471
DLL
b13735985c57ef6f96e73649128397c5
EXE
e653c44d6033f9dd18dc20c3df26b185
DLL
5b67d5e563ba71ea78c5086443aaf7c3
DLL
c68fedf016f6f6f8c881756cd9a3f330
DLL
cfe47d9771a55db18bf54bc2c2b27ea0
DLL
5b55f1357810cc3c71d66a7ca44dbe11
DLL
2c8a170bf70a17bfa4defbd3cc66be04
DLL
f209d3646fb36afdb6117a93b9570441